1992 Aspirations & reference points

Aspiration Level Adaptation: An Empirical Exploration

Theresa K. Lant

Management Science

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Richard M. Cyert & James G. March, A Behavioral Theory of The Firm, Prentice-Hall, Inc., Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, 1963, 332 s. Erik Johnsen · 1964

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